Garment-supporter.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

J. F. KOSMATKA. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED 11113.21, 1906.

3 1 vanter,

JH Kamm/Zia@ fltoznu,

TH: Nonlus PETER: so., wAsHlNann n. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented sept. is, 190e.

Application filed March 2l, 1906. Serial No. 307,258.

T0 all whom, t muy concern,.-

Beit known that I, JOHN F. KosMATKA, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification The invention relates to an improvement in garment-supporters designed primarily for mens wear and adapted for supporting trousers and undergarments.

The main object of the present invention is the production of a supporter of the class described preferably constructed of a single piece of material and adapted when in place to provide for a connection withl the suspender-ends and for supporting the undergarment.

The invention'will be described in the following speciiication, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in whichn Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved garment-supporter as seen from the front Fig. 2, a similar view as seen from the rear. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section illustrating the application of the hook to the band of the trousers and also the connection of the suspender-ends therewith.

Referring to the drawings, my improved garment-supporter 'is made from a single strip of metal bent approximately centrally of its length to provide a front plate 1 and a rear plate 2, that portion of the strip connecting the plates being preferably projected in approximately circular form to provide a rounded or cylindrical head 3 at the'upper end of the supporter. The front plate is preferably of less width than the rear plate and is inwardly bent at the lower end, as at 1, to bear with more or less spring-pressure upon the surface of the plate 2, as'shown. The lower end of the plate 2 is cut away to leave projecting prongs 4, arranged in spaced parallel relation, and in the completed article being bent upward at about their juncture with the plate and arranged in spaced parallel relation relative to said plate. Immediately above the free terminals of the prongs 4 the plate 2 is provided with a series of openings 5, preferably arranged in alinement transverse the plate, serving to facilitate the securing of the supporter in place.

The front plate 1 is formed with a keyholeslot 6, which extends from a point approximately mid-length said plate upward and including the wall of the head 3, preferably terminating beyond the highest point of said head, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The enlarged opening 7 of said slot is formed at its lowest point, the walls of the slot from said enlarged portion extending in 4parallel relation throughout the length of the slot.

The suspender-tabs are provided with a connecting means adapted for cooperation with'the supporter and comprising a shank 8, secured to the free terminals of the tabs and provided at its lower or free end with the head 9, which head is of a size to be snugly received within the enlarged portion 7 of the keyhole-slot 6, but prevented from passage through the narrowed portion of said slot.

In use the supporter of my invention is secured to the band 10 of the trousers in approximately the positions now occupied by the suspender-buttons, the securing medium being the usual stitching, which is passed through the material of the band and through the openings 5 in the supporter, the garments being further held by the bearing between the spring end 1 and plate 2. The supporter is so positioned relative to the band that the head 3 is above the upper edge of the band and the prongs 4 are on the inner side thereof, it being understood that the band is embraced between the plates 1 and 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. In this position the tabs of the undergarment may be passed over the prongs 4 of the respective supporters, whereby said undergarment is properly supported. The respective suspender-tabs are engaged with the supporter by passing the head 9 of the connections described through the enlarged portions of the keyholeslot 6 and drawing the heads 9 up into the rounded portion or head 3 of the supporter. Owing to the relative size of the slot 6 in the head 3 and the end or head 9 of the connection accidental disconnection of the parts when in this position is prevented. The supporter thereby provides for connection with the Suspenders to support the trousers and also for connection with the undergarment to support the same in proper position.

By preference the supporter is constructed of a single strip of light material bent into the shape described, by which the expense of manufacture is minimized.

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- IOO IIO

1. A garment-supporter comprising connected plates spaced to permit the insertion of a trousers-band between them, garmentsupporting means projecting from one of the plates, the other plate being formed with a keyhole-slot to receive a projection from a suspender-tab, said slot terminating in a connection between the plates to permit the suspender-tab to project in vertical alinement with the garment-supporter when in applied position.

2. A garment-supporter comprising spaced plates adapted for connection with the band of the trousers, garment-supporting prongs projecting from one of said plates, the other of said plates being formed with a keyholeslot, 'incombination with the suspender-tab having an enlarged end for coperation with the walls of the slot.

3. A garment-supporter constructed of a single piece of material bent to provide spaced plates, the junction between the plates being rounded to provide a head, the free end of one of the plates being vformed with integral prongs arranged parallel to and spaced Jrom the plate, the other of said plates being formed with a keyhole-slot eX- tending into the wall of the rounded head.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature in presence oiw two witnesses.

JOHN F. KOSMATKA. Witnesses:

JOHN W. KREMP, FRANK NAPIENTEK. 

